Night of the Living Dead

George A Romero

1969

This is the one that opened the floodgates for the modern zombie movies.An incredible achievement made for little money in black and white (although it was later colourised) and with no real actors, just friends of "Romero's" this film shows what is possible if the vision of the director is strong enough.Even though he would go on to create the classic trilogy of dead films and stamp his name as one of the top horror directors ever,this film is still for many people thier favourite,perhaps because of its simplistic storyline of the fight for survival against all odds .

The dead are coming back to life and devouring the living,to start with a few ,but with ever growing numbers.A small group of survivors find safety in a house, board up the windows and doors and wait for a hoped rescue.Will they be rescued in time or at all from the growing numbers of the undead beating at the doors and windows.

It's a very simple story but done so effectivly it rates as a true classic of horror cinema.

Gore highlights

Apart from a few scenes of entrail munching there isn't much to say here but what there is is very effective and was very shocking at the time.

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